Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ticket to ride

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: tick-et -to ride
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that enables one to do something which would otherwise not be possible.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ticket, ride.

Example Sentences

"The club's “partners” had made arrangements with the police, so employees were cop proof too. All this amounted to a ticket to ride for me. The party only stopped when I wanted it to."
"The plan was always to teach and at the college level. This required a graduate degree, the next ticket to ride."
"I came across Bart on a week away, whoring and drinking mostly, heard his glib stories about where he worked, and there found my opportunity. His ego was my ticket to ride."

Etymology

From the use of tickets to control access to various forms of transportation.

Inflected Forms

tickets to ride (plural)

Questions

What does ticket to ride mean?: Something that enables one to do something which would otherwise not be possible.
Where does ticket to ride come from?: From the use of tickets to control access to various forms of transportation.

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